I had no idea that Ronald Neame was still living, so when I read about his death last week I was doubly startled. He died at 99. He was known for directing many British film classics. For me the greatest will always be "The Horse's Mouth." But that's personal. Others are more widely viewed as greater.

Identified a sculpture for someone the other day. It was a Cycladic figure playing a double flute, dating to around 2500 BCE.

I have admired Cycladic figures for many years. I was first taken with them as a teenager when I saw one at the Met. They have some of the mystery of the Easter Island monoliths, but a greater delicacy of design. They seem to "stand-in" for humanity in a very potent way.

A hot, quiet Saturday morning. We're going to the 26th Street fleamarket today, leaving in a few minutes. Just thought I'd check in. Depending upon the mood I'm in the fleamarket can either seem to me a wonderland of discoveries or repellant piles of junk.